porfiar

== Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese porfiar, perfiar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from porfía. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [poɾfiˈaɾ] === Verb === porfiar (first-person singular present porfío, first-person singular preterite porfiei, past participle porfiado) porfiar (first-person singular present porfio, first-person singular preterite porfiei, past participle porfiado, reintegrationist norm) to insist, persist; to argue Synonyms: insistir, teimar, terquear ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “perfiar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “porfiar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “porfiar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “porfiar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “porfiar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Etymology === From porfia +‎ -ar. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: por‧fi‧ar === Verb === porfiar (first-person singular present porfio, first-person singular preterite porfiei, past participle porfiado) (intransitive) to dispute Synonym: disputar (intransitive, transitive) to insist, persist Synonyms: insistir, teimar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== porfiado === Further reading === “porfiar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “porfiar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From porfía +‎ -iar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /poɾˈfjaɾ/ [poɾˈfjaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: por‧fiar === Verb === porfiar (first-person singular present porfío, first-person singular preterite porfié, past participle porfiado) to insist, persist; persevere Synonym: insistir to argue Synonyms: discutir, debatir ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “porfiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025